Extraction of Bath Salts (Substituted Cathinones) From Human Urine Using ISOLUTE® SLE+ Columns Prior to GC-MS Analysis

'Bath salts' is the street name for a family of designer drugs chemically similar to cathinones that give the user similar effects to amphetamines. The abuse of these drugs is on the increase and regulation against their use and supply has now been implemented in the EU and North America. Analyte recoveries achieved using this method to extract bath salts from urine ranged from 87-99% with RSDs below 10% for all analytes. Bath Salts, MCAT, Substitued Cathinones, SLE, SPE, SLE+, ISOLUTE, Agilent, Waters, Supported Liquid Extraction, Forensic, Drugs of Abuse, Regulation